语法填空专题训练和答案解析

Before the 17th cen tury, most of the n ative En glish speakers lived in En gla nd. After the 17th century, British people began to move to other 66 (country). Gradually, English was spoke n there. At prese nt 67 (ma ny) people speak En glish as their first, sec ond or a foreig n Ianguage than ever before. 68 (luck), native English speakers can understand each other even if they don ' t spesakrte*ind of English.

En glish 69 (cha nge) and developed whe n cultures met and com mun icated with each other over the past centuries. The English 70 (speak) in England between about AD450 and 1150 was very differe nt 71 the moder n En glish we speak today. It was the new settlers that en riched the En glish Ian guage and 72 (especial) its vocabulary. The En glish Ian guage was settled by the 19th cen tury 73 two big cha nges in En glish spell ing happe ned. En glish now is also spoken as a foreign 74 second Ianguage in South Asia. China may have the

75 (large) nu mber of En glish lear ners.

66. 【答案】countries

【解析】考查名词。country是可数名词，此处由other修饰用复数形式，指其他的国家。故

填countries.

67. 【答案】more

【解析】考查比较级。根据句中的than ever before可知含有和以前比较的意思，要用比较级

表示更多的人，故填more.

68. 【答案】Luckily

【解析】考查副词。此处单独使用作状语要用副词形式，指幸运的是”，故填Luckily.

69. 【答案】has cha nged

【解析】考查时态。根据句意和时间状语over the past centuries可知与现在完成时连用，主语是单数，故填has cha nged.

70. 【答案】spoke n

【解析】考查过去分词。English和动词speak是被动关系，此处是过去分词作定语，故填

spoke n.

71. 【答案】from

【解析】考查固定短语。be different from 和•“••不同”，是固定短语。故填from. 72. 【答案】especially

【解析】考查副词。especial是形容词特殊的，特别的”；especially是副词尤其，特别”。

此处指新的定居者丰富了英语，尤其是它的词汇。表示尤其，特别”故填especially.

73. 【答案】whe n

【解析】考查连词。此处引导时间状语从句，表示当…时候”从句时态是过去时，故填

whe n.

74. 【答案】or

【解析】考查连词。此处表示选择，指作为第一语言或第二语言被说，故填or.

75. 【答案】largest

【解析】考查形容词最高级。因为中国人口最多所以说英语的人也最多，此处由the修饰用

I had just visited my best friend in hospital with my mum, __ 41 had n 'see n my friend since

she'd gone into hospital six mon ths earlier.

I knew where she was coming from as she was 42 (grave)ill, but as I'd been visiting her every week I had stopped see ing the obvious; my frien d .43 (lose)most of her body weight

and her hair was falling out, it wasn 'looking good.

After the visit I took my mum to the station 44 (see) her off on her train; the mood was understandably bleak but I stayed positive as well you do, don 'you? I went to get _45_ (we) some coffee and my mum some food for the journ ey. I misread the amount of my purchase and did n 'have eno ugh mon ey.

_46_ .some reas on, this was the straw that broke the came's back; I burst in to uncon trollable. _47_ _(tear)as a massive queue was gatheri ng beh ind me. A woma n came up to me and offered to pay, putti ng an arm round my shoulder, no questi on s_ _48_ _(ask).

I could barely say thank you through the confusion and the flood of emotion that was pumping through me _49_ running off in embarrassment. After composing myself I ran round the station _50_ _(try)to find this kind lady to thank her properly but never did.

【答案】41. who 42. gravely 43. had lost 44. to see 45. Us 46. For 47. Tears

48. asked 49. before 50. trying

Bill Gates has said China is the best place for __41_ _ young to fulfill their ambitions to

make the world a better place. In a lecture to Peking University students, he described the skepticism(怀疑论)in some developed countries about _42_ globalization works for ordinary people. He said the results of the US preside ntial elect ion and the Brexit ( 英国脱欧)vote showed how any country may tur n in ward whe n 43 (face) with difficult issues like